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Poverty Point Marina Store
Poverty Point State Park, LA, February 2026 Poverty Point State Park has so many amenities like many fishing piers, fish cleaning facilities, parking and picnic areas. On top of this, the park has a large well-maintained marina with a store. The back of the store next to the minnow tubs had information related to native…
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Poverty Point Parkway and Lower Jackson Mound
Poverty Point Parkway, LA, February 2026 John had glimpsed something about the Jackson Mound that made is sound impressive, so we planned to stop by it today. We had passed it going to the Poverty Point National Monument, so we knew where it was. We drove the Poverty Point Parkway to check for birds going…
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Poverty Point National Monument
Poverty Point World Heritage Site, LA, February 2026 Poverty Point is a State Historic Site, National Monument, and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The site is owned and operated by the State of Louisiana. Poverty Point is the location of a major cultural and trade center from around 1700 to 1100 BC. Archaeologists have unearthed…
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Town Square Craft Show
Paola, KS, November 2025 I am notorious about finding local activities. Today was no different. Paola Kansas is about 10 miles from Hillsdale State Park. The town has a population of around 5,800 people. The main street stores surround the Town Park. Since it was just Halloween, John immediately noticed the sign “Potawatomi Trail of…
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Lawrence Farmers Market
Lawrence, KS October 2025 Lawrence, Kansas has the oldest running Farmers Market in Kansas. The market started in 1976 with 3 farmers selling vegetables from the back of their trucks. Now the market has 49 vendors. Many of the vendors are still selling agriculture products ranging from vegetables, fruits, honey, meats, mushrooms, flowers, etc. The…
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Japanese Friendship Garden
Lawrence, KS, October 2025 When we visited the area in 2024, we know about the Japanese Friendship Garden. We looked up the location and discovered it was right next to the Watkins Museum which we did visit in 2024. The Friendship Garden started with Hiratsuka, Japan donating $5,000 to Lawrence in 1995. The city of…
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Canistosta Disappoints
Canistosta, SD, August 2025 Kate read that Canistosta has a farmer’s market on Tuesdays from 5pm to 7 pm. We left a little early with plans to stop by the dam and get to Canistosta at 5pm. We checked the dam for the Belted Kingfisher, but it was not there. The hurt pelican was floating…
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Falls Park
Sioux Falls, SD, August 2025 Kate found out that there was a Farmer’s Market in Sioux Falls at Falls Park. We decided to kill several birds with one drive by going to the Farmer’s Market, touring Falls Park, and getting groceries all in the same trip. On the way out, we saw a Great (White)…
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Greenway Bike Trail
Sioux Falls, SD, August 2025 I started out the day watching the birds from the back window. We had quite the variety. Unfortunately, Mackie slept through it. Sioux Falls is about 30 miles from Lake Vermillion State Recreation Area and is the largest town in South Dakota. Throughout the town runs the Greenway Bike Trail.…
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Palisades State Park
Garretson, SD, August 2025 Today was supposed to be a reasonably nice day with sun and no rain. So, we decided to visit Palisades State Park in South Dakota which is about 45 minutes from our current campground. We set the car GPS and off we went. Needless to say, the car GPS took us…